Oh, I was so hoping someone would invoke the White Buffalo - what a tremendous slice of oral lore that is. I'm so glad you brought the thread into your marvellous haiku series, and that it's all done in 55 is a mark of your talent in the short write - this story is immense.

The native voice is like a relic beach, now just the outlines of what was once a vital encounter. All we see now is the "staved white" bones; but you've picked up one and, like a conch, heard and wrote down this. So much for treaties, longing, peace. Fine, fine, poem MZ - Brendan

Wow, this was so good I didn't even catch on to each being it's own haiku, alone yet interconnected. Everything just flowed together.. You are the Haiku master…Love the final one too, as it uses tribal religious belief imaging very nicely. Great read. Thanks